#Sitting in a hotel room talking to my kendo friends about our crushes

[kalu-chan]

Y’all know that feeling when something reminds you of something else, and it’s not a big Wow!(TM) memory, just something nice and kinda fun and you feel a little nostalgic bc of it?

#Like it's a nice feeling but also kinda. Bittersweet I guess? #Directly related to Kuro calling himself a crane game pro asdhaksdhl #Because #During my exchange year we sometimes met up with all the exchange students in my state (and one or two former exchangees as supervisors) #And sometimes we got to stay in an Onsen for that. It wasn't one you usually COULD stay at but one of the other students host family ran it #And they had a bunch of crane games downstairs #And the former exchangee who was with us told us that he'd played those A LOT and had a LOT of the plushies from them bc of that #So when some of us spotted a super cute Dragonite they went to him to get him to get it #He was like ''Damn *I* want that Dragonite!'' #We do not know how many tries it took bc he refused to tell us. but he did get that Dragonite. #We all got to pet it but he wanted it back at the end #And like. Usually when you get asked about what Cool Things(TM) you did they expect stuff like. Disney Land. Mt Fuji's Summit. #You know. The B I G stuff. And don't get me wrong those things ARE super cool! But. #What gives me WAY more feels than Disney Land and Akihabara and Mt Fuji (tho admittedly I wasn't at the summit) or any of that? #The small things. Seeing the others pester Aaron to get that Dragonite. #Sitting in a hotel room talking to my kendo friends about our crushes #Battling my friend with rolled-up newspapers #Even thinking about Disneyland... Of course it's AMAZING there. But. The first things that come to mind when I think of it? #That I randomly met a former classmate of mine because we just HAPPENED to be in the same souvenir shop at the same time on the same day #Or that it was my first time trying churros after my best friend told me how good they were #(both of those were after the exchange year but still) #Or during it how much my host mom loved the little Toy Story Mochi bc they were so cute ashdjkalshdjk #Idk I could say something philosophical here but. nah. #Anyway. Should translate the rest of Kuro's White Day Route lmao